Deconstructing essentialisms: Edward Said's analysis of imperialism, post-colonial studies and sociologies of the South

The article intends to deal with Edward Said's methodological proposals, emphasizing the way in which the author discusses “imperialism” in a cultural context. It is intended to address how this author contributes to the proposition of alternatives to hegemonic sociology, by showing that the di...

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Autor: Caixeta, Marcus Vinícius Gomes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Temáticas (Campinas. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:inpec.econtents.bc.unicamp.br:article/11101
Acceso en línea:https://econtents.bc.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tematicas/article/view/11101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Edward Said
Poscolonialismo
Sociologías del sur
Sociología
Post-colonialism
Sociologies of the south
Sociology
Pós-colonialismo
Sociologias do Sul
Sociologia
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Sumario:The article intends to deal with Edward Said's methodological proposals, emphasizing the way in which the author discusses “imperialism” in a cultural context. It is intended to address how this author contributes to the proposition of alternatives to hegemonic sociology, by showing that the discursive formations of the social sciences, when bringing into their body of knowledge the so-called colonial categories, fail to account for the variety of realities that aim to analyze. As a way to counter the hegemonic discourses, he praises the global narratives that give visibility to the plurality of experiences, experiences and points of view of the colonized, but mainly to the interdependencies between colonizers and colonized.